HSK 6 · Verbs

宣扬 xuānyáng “to publicise” in Chinese

Traditional 宣揚

What 宣扬 means

  1. to publicise
  2. to promote
  3. to advocate
  4. to advertise
  5. to spread far and wide

How to say 宣扬

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale宣xuān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale扬yáng2nd tone, rising

宣扬 in a sentence

  1. 他不喜欢宣扬自己做的好事。

    Tā bù xǐhuan xuānyáng zìjǐ zuò de hǎoshì.

    He doesn’t like to publicise the good things he does.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这部电影宣扬了友谊的力量。

    Zhè bù diànyǐng xuānyáng le yǒuyì de lìliang.

    This film celebrates the power of friendship.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 宣扬 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 宣 (xuān) with each of its parts in a different colour
宣xuānto declare
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 亘to extend across · gèn
The character 扬 (yáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
扬yángto raise
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 昜bright · yángSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 昜 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yáng.

How to write 宣扬

宣 9 strokes · 扬 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

宣扬 (xuānyáng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 宣扬 (xuānyáng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 宣扬

Words with 宣

宣布xuānbù · to declare宣传xuānchuán · to publicise宣誓xuānshì · to take an oath

Words with 扬

表扬biǎoyáng · to praise发扬fāyáng · to carry forward飘扬piāoyáng · to flutter

More words: Thinking & Talking

谢绝xièjué · to politely decline泄露xièlòu · to leak协商xiéshāng · to consult喧哗xuānhuá · to make a loud noise演绎yǎnyì · to deduce验证yànzhèng · to verify意料yìliào · expectation隐瞒yǐnmán · to conceal

FAQs

宣扬 (xuānyáng) means “to publicise” or “to promote”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xuānyáng: xuān with a 1st tone, then yáng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 宣扬 is written 宣揚. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xuanyang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宣扬 from the suggestions. Typing xuanyang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宣扬 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.